Kōji Mitsui
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-03-06
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Kōji Mitsui
Biography
Mitsui Koji ( March 6, 1910 - April 20, 1979 ) was a Japanese actor. His real name was Mitsui Hikohide. After the war, he played an active role as a supporting actor in films directed by Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu . His former stage name was Mitsui Hideo. Changed his stage name to Mitsui Koji in Ozu's Hen in the Wind (1948) . His role as the playboy Kisaburo in Kurosawa Akira 's The Lower Depths (1957) won him the Best Supporting Actor award at the 12th Mainichi Film Awards and the 8th Blue Ribbon Awards, solidifying his status as a supporting actor. After going freelance in 1960, he worked not only in films but also in television dramas and on stage, but after undergoing surgery for a stomach ulcer in 1971, his health deteriorated and he scaled back his acting career. He died of heart failure on April 20, 1979 at a hospital in Kamakura. He was 69 years old.
Also Known For
The Inner Palace Conspiracy
Jan 13, 1951
The Hidden Fortress
Dec 28, 1958
Hikkoshi yatsure
Jun 09, 1961
No Blood Relation
Dec 16, 1932
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Jan 15, 1959
The Bad Sleep Well
Sep 19, 1960
Ishimatsu of the Forest
Jun 04, 1949
The Lower Depths
Oct 01, 1957
High and Low
Mar 01, 1963
Epitaph to My Love
May 16, 1961
Aitsu bakari ga naze moteru
Nov 18, 1962
Otoko no Uta
Mar 11, 1962
Zoku aizen katsura
Oct 24, 1962
A Story of Floating Weeds
Nov 23, 1934
Woman in the Dunes
Feb 15, 1964
Floating Weeds
Nov 17, 1959
Iki na fûraibô
Feb 28, 1946
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
May 25, 1968
Carmen Comes Home
Mar 21, 1951
I Will Buy You
Nov 21, 1956
A Fugitive from the Past
Jan 15, 1965
The Thick-Walled Room
Oct 31, 1956
A Mother Should Be Loved
May 11, 1934
The Body
Nov 08, 1962
Sumida River
Sep 03, 1942
Kurama tengu: Aomen yasha
Sep 22, 1953
慶安水滸傳
Jan 21, 1954
Beautiful Tengu
Jun 23, 1954
The Greatest Challenge of All
Aug 05, 1967
Ejima and Ikushima
Oct 30, 1955
A Hen in the Wind
Sep 17, 1948
元祿美少年記
Dec 21, 1955
Bored Hatamoto: The Million-ryo Mystery
Aug 31, 1954
Koko ni otoko ari
Aug 09, 1959
Shin kitsune to tanuki
Sep 29, 1962
Haha o tataeru uta
Jul 06, 1939
Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass
Jun 08, 1954
Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido
Aug 11, 1954
A Hero of Tokyo
Mar 07, 1935
A Roaring Trade
Jan 03, 1962
Dragnet Girl
Apr 27, 1933
The Boss's Son at College
Oct 31, 1933
Red Beard
Apr 03, 1965
Dodes'ka-den
Oct 31, 1970
Our Planes Fly South
Sep 10, 1943
Scandal
Apr 26, 1950
Street Without End
Apr 26, 1934
Tabi sugata nezumi kozō
Jul 22, 1958
Five Men of Edo
Nov 22, 1951
The Inheritance
Feb 16, 1962
Irohanihoheto
May 20, 1960
Here Is a Spring
Feb 12, 1955
Botchan
Jun 14, 1958
Chutaro of Banba
Mar 29, 1955
Love Letter
Dec 13, 1953
With Wife, Children, and Friends
Nov 01, 1961
Firefly Light
Mar 18, 1958
The Battle of Okinawa
Aug 14, 1971
Furimuita hanayome
Sep 16, 1961
The Vassal's Neck
Jul 26, 1955
The Lonely Swordsman (Part 2)
Apr 02, 1957
Thus Another Day
Sep 27, 1959
Killers on Parade
Feb 19, 1961
The Genealogy of Women
Feb 22, 1934
Christ in Bronze
Oct 11, 1955
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Mar 29, 1959
Children of the Sun
May 18, 1938
Victory Song
Feb 22, 1945
Young Swordsman
Aug 31, 1963
Lumberjack and Lady
Jan 07, 1935
Great X
May 07, 1948
The Unbalanced Wheel
Nov 26, 1957
Gang vs. Gang
Jul 13, 1962
Tokyo Bay
May 27, 1962
Drunkard's Paradise
Feb 04, 1962
How to Make Money
Feb 01, 1964
Incidental Murders
Jan 22, 1961
Happy Times
Oct 19, 1933
The Most Beautiful Day of My Life
Sep 26, 1948
Tokyo Omnibus
Oct 30, 1959
Hadashi no hanayome
Oct 24, 1962
Legends of Honor
Oct 05, 1963
Hot Corner Murder
Feb 12, 1960
Weeping Doll
May 19, 1951
Tange Sazen
Aug 14, 1952
A Fool's Love
Oct 16, 1949
Our Miyo-chan
Dec 31, 1969
Always in My Heart Part 2
Dec 01, 1953
Always in My Heart
Sep 15, 1953
Maria of the Ant Village
Dec 07, 1958
The Spy Has Not Died Yet
Apr 23, 1942
A Bridge for Two Alone
Mar 05, 1958
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Oct 01, 1957
Only She Knows
Apr 01, 1960
The Monster Cat of the Fifty-Three Stations
Jul 19, 1956
A Case of Honor
Feb 20, 1957
There Was a Father
Apr 01, 1942
The Honest Fool
Jan 15, 1964
Fireworks Over the Sea
Oct 25, 1951
Mother Country
Apr 29, 1962
The Layabout and Seabathing
Aug 17, 1933
Early Spring
Jan 29, 1956
Spring Thunder
Apr 13, 1939
Japan's No. 1 Braggart
Jun 11, 1964
Iroha Elegy
Nov 01, 1955
Our Chief, Our Doctor
Feb 15, 1952
Great Jailbreak
Apr 05, 1975
The Young Ace in Hawaii
Aug 11, 1963
Typhoon
Dec 19, 1956
Police Precinct Part 8
Jun 22, 1958
Japan's Longest Day
Aug 03, 1967
Okinu and Banto
Dec 31, 1940
Crazy Uproar
Jul 23, 1950
Beyond the Rainbow
Sep 29, 1972
Lucky Dragon No. 5
Feb 18, 1959
Salaryman's Medal
Feb 13, 1965
刑事部屋
Apr 04, 1956
Hijō no otoko
Feb 13, 1961
Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen
Mar 11, 1958
Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi
Jul 13, 1958
Koi no gashū
Jun 21, 1961
Ohana han
Jul 30, 1966
Hibi no haishin
Feb 16, 1958
Fox and Raccoon
Apr 28, 1959
喜劇 金の実る樹に恋が咲く
Oct 25, 1961
The Father and His Son
Sep 13, 1929
Onna no ryūkō
Feb 19, 1950
Yasen gungakutai
Nov 23, 1944
The Loyal 47 Ronin
Dec 01, 1932
